The Effectiveness of Training Special Education Teachers on Fourth Industrial Revolution Innovations to Creating Digital Educational Content for Students with Intellectual Disabilities

Abstract

In this research, we highlighted the effectiveness of a training program for enhancing the competencies of special education teachers in utilizing the innovations of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, post-COVID-19, and its impact on creating digital educational content for students with intellectual disabilities. We used an exploratory sample of middle school special education teachers and students with intellectual disabilities to standardize the study tools and determine validity and reliability coefficients. The study comprised 40 teachers divided into a control and an experimental group. A scale of the competencies of Special Education Teachers in Utilizing the Innovations of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the training program been designed, then participants used them for study purposes. The finding revealed that the training program effectively enhanced the competencies of special education teachers to utilize the Innovations of the Fourth Industrial Revolution post-COVID-19. Also, the program effectively created digital educational content for students with intellectual disabilities, which confirms the program's effectiveness through post-test and tracking (follow-up) test in the study sample.